Origin of game and name for it

[justinacolmena]

I remember playing an nearly identical game called "vodovod" which in certain Eastern European languages such as Serbo-Croatian, Czech, or Macedonian has the meaning of a "waterworks" or "aqueduct" -- or literally "waterway" to use the true cognate in English.

A very similar term "vodivod" has been used in the sense of a "leader of leaders" ("conductor of conductors") for a Romanian crime boss but the references to that term have been thoroughly disappeared or scrubbed from the internet.

I would appreciate any information or links.

[rnauber]

Hi @justinacolmena,
I am glad that you are interested in the history of that little game. Unfortunately, I do not know much about it: The game was created by Thunor (http://www.users.waitrose.com/~thunor/pipepanic/) and they named it too...

Best,
Richard